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OpenGLES iPhone Depth Blending problem

Hi, I am trying to make an OpenGLES 2.0 cube application. The idea was to have a texture (with an alpha 75%) applied to all 6 faces of the cube. This would mean that even if I rotate the cube i would be able to see all 6 faces at any given frame. Now I have enabled depth test(my app needs this!!) and blending. The Depth func is LEQUAL a...

Blend Interaction Behaviour gives "points to immutable instance" error

I have a UserControl that is a base class for other user controls, that are shown in "modal view". I want to have all user controls fading in, when shown and fading out when closed. I also want a behavior, so that the user can move the controls around.My contructor looks like this: var tg = new TransformGroup(); tg.Children.Add(new Scal...

Silverlight DataGrid

How to extract template for DataGridRowGroupHeader style template in the Blend ...

How to create Search text box like the one in Expression blend?

How to create search text box like the one in Expression blend? Is it existing control in WPF/Expression Blend? ...

No output to console in Miscrosoft Expression Blend?

I'm afraid this is a dumb question, but I'm tired of searching for a solution. I can't send anything to the output window (Results -> Output) in Expression Blend. I tried with 'Console.WriteLine', 'Console.Out.WriteLine' and 'Debug.WriteLine' but I can´t see anything. Thanks for your help ...

Expression blend 4 Silverlight version Incompatibility

I am getting the below error when I try create new sketch flow application "Blend cannot continue because of compatible silverlight version could not be found" I have the following installed Microsoft Silverlight version 4.0.50524.0 Microsoft Silverlight 4 SDK Microsoft Silverlight 4 Toolkit April 2010 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools ...

Rotating states in a Blend 4 VisualStateManager based on timer events?

I'm building a Silverlight 4 UserControl in Blend which has three VisualStates. I would like to have the states change from the first to the second state after a delay of a few seconds, second to third after a few more seconds, third to first after another delay, and continue rotating like that. Essentially, this is a very primitive ...

Design-Time Population of ListBox with Sample Data in WPF

I have a view (usercontrol) that contains a listbox. At runtime the listbox will be populated with instances of another view (also a usercontrol). How can I populate the listbox in design-time (in Blend and Cider) with sample views that are themselves populated with sample data? ...

Silverlight VisualStates overlap each other

I created 2 VisualState. The second overlap the first. So if i want to click on the first state button on that position where the second state has another button, - so the second state button overlap the first state button -, the second button will be clicked. I use Blend 4 RC. Thank you for your replies! <Grid x:Name="MainGrid" Backgr...

What is d:IsOptimized in Expressions Blend?

Just out of curiously, what is d:IsOptimized in Expressions Blend? While I know that d: is a namespace for design-time attributes, does anyone know what d:IsOptimized actually does? Is there anywhere that these Blend-specific attributes are documented? It's not in the design-time attributes supported (and documented) by Visual Studio:...

Missing Sketchflow controls button, checkbox and many others

Missing Sketchflow controls button, checkbox and many others. Hi when I try to create a sketchflow project and add controls all I get it the default text ones not the Sketchflow hand writing ones :( All I can find on the web is the advice to uninstall blend then install it again :( this cannot surely be an answer? Expression Blend 3 ...

template / style issue with silverlight textbox

I am trying to recreate a textbox that we created in Flash in XAML / Blend and I am stuck on the bevel / shadow only on two sides (top and left). then linking a button. Could someone point me in the right direction or a list of some books that cover Blend for designers or how to create custom effects / styles. example picture http://www...

What are the advantages to doing WPF in Expression Blend?

Hi, I've been learning WPF and checking out Expression Blend. As far as I can tell, Visual Studio can do everything it can and more. Why do people use Expression Blend? Can it do anything VS cannot? They say its geared for "designers." What tools does it have for designers that VS doesn't? Couldn't designers just use VS? ...

WPF Applications: Visual Studio vs. Expression Blend

I am a bit confused on how Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 operate together. If I want to create a WPF application, should I start it in Expression Blend 4? If so, then how does Visual Studio 2010 natively open Expression Blend projects, or does it? Or should I start my application in Visual Studio 2010? If so, how do I open m...

Leopard and Snow Leopard not rendering Flash blend mode properly

Using Flash 8, does anyone know why Mac Leopard operating system can’t render the ‘screen’ blend mode on movieclips containing bitmaps? See the screenshots for how it looks on all other operating systems compared to Leopard (splashes remain black and white). The browser used is irrelevant to this issue. Has anyone else experienced this...

Install custom Behaviour in Expression Blend 4

I have Blend 4 installed and noticed that it didnt include a GoToNextState or GoToPrevState behaviour by default. I have been given a DLL called GotoStateActions, but i dont know what to do with it. This should include the missing states, but how do i 'install' them? ...

How to add a UserControl to a Window in BlendDesigner?

Hello, I am a beginner in using Blend and WPF in general. I created three user controls. I also created a Window which should house the user controls. Is there any designer way, like drag dropping the user control into the Window which will make it appear automatically?. Or typing in the XAML is the only way to include it? ...

xamdatagrid, blend interaction triggers and control template with MVVM pattern

Hi, i have problem with control template of infragistics xamdatagid in using with blend interaction triggers. Template is adding delete button style and edit button style for each row of xamdatagrid. When i am trying to set interaction trigger on event (MouseLeftButtonDown) and bind it to my command property in corresponding ViewModel, s...

Using Blend to set a Timer on an ActionState/Transition with Silverlight 4

I'm a developer who has recently downloaded the trial of Blend and I am trying to get to grips with not using CodeBehind to do stuff - it's very cool but it has quite a learning curve! I started off with these tuts here and implemented some simple animation on the menu as per the example on my poker blind timer. What I want to do now is...

Expression Blend Error - Value cannot be null. Parameter name: stream

I'm getting the above error when trying to load a User Control xaml file in design view in Expression Blend 4. The xaml itself runs successfully in VS 2010, and I can view the xaml in blend, but not in design view. When viewing the xaml in 'xaml view' the UserControl element is underlined in red. Anybody run across this issue? ...